American Airlines Celebrates Inclusion and Diversity During PRIDE Month in June
May 31 2017 - 01:00PM
American Airlines is celebrating our team members in June during
PRIDE month through PRIDE Parade sponsorships, special social posts
and continued giving to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
(LGBT) organizations in the communities where our team members live
and work.
“For over two decades, American has been a pioneer in
establishing fair-minded policies and practices for our LGBT
customers and team members,” commented Patrick O’Keeffe, senior
vice president – People, and executive sponsor for Pride,
American’s Employee Business Resource Group for LGBT and ally team
members. “The key to our success as a company is being an airline
customers want to fly, where people want to work and shareholders
want to invest. It’s about being an inclusive airline that embraces
diversity and creates an environment of mutual respect.”
American was the first major airline to implement both sexual
orientation and gender identity nondiscrimination policies in the
workplace as well as a company-recognized LGBT employee business
resource group (EBRG) — known today as Pride. This year American
will be celebrating PRIDE in a variety of ways including:
- Highlighting LGBT team members on social media each week for
their commitment to help customers; tune in to @AmericanAirlines on
Facebook each Tuesday to hear their stories.
- Sponsoring seven PRIDE Parades throughout the country; team
members will be marching in parades in dozens of communities around
the country.
- Participating in a career day at the Ali Forney Center in NYC
to bring greater awareness to LGBT youth and young adults about
career opportunities at American.
- The Pride EBRG will host “How to be an Ally” training and
“Trans 101” sessions for team members.
- Customers can participate by watching inflight entertainment
documentary, Forbidden: Undocumented & Queer in Rural America,
chronicling Moises Serrano, an undocumented activist for LGBT
equality. The film was screened in May 2017 at the
American-sponsored 2017 Define American Film Festival in Charlotte,
NC.
In the last year, American has provided significant support to
several LGBT organizations including: the Astraea Lesbian
Foundation in Dallas/Fort Worth, the Los Angeles LGBT Center, the
Ali Forney Center in New York City, the Center on Halsted in
Chicago and the GLBT Community Center of Central Florida.
In 2016, American became a diamond-level sponsor of the National
Gay Pilots Association (NGPA), a place where LBGT and all ally
pilots and aviation enthusiasts come together to celebrate and
promote diversity and inclusion in the aviation industry. At this
year’s convention, American awarded a $5,000 scholarship and two
Boeing 737 type ratings through NGPA to aspiring aviators.
“I first met American recruiters at an NGPA event three years
ago. American’s commitment to educating the next generation of
aviators and creating an inclusive environment for all attracted me
to American. Being an LGBT team member in any company may make
some feel isolated, or find it difficult to find common
ground, but American and the Pride EBRG work to make all team
members feel included and valued,” commented LAX-based First
Officer Rodrigo Ribeiro.
American has been recognized for commitment to the LGBT
community for several years. For the past 15 years, American has
been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) with the highest
possible rating in the prestigious Corporate Equality Index.
American was the only airline to achieve a perfect score when the
CEI launched in 2002. Most recently American was named one of Logo
TVs Top 25 Trailblazing Companies for serving as a pioneer and
advocate in the LGBT community, and Best-of-the-Best Corporations
for Inclusion by the business voice of the LGBT community: the
National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.
For more information on American’s commitment to diversity and
the LGBT community, visit aa.com/diversity.
About American Airlines Group American Airlines
and American Eagle offer an average of nearly 6,700 flights per day
to nearly 350 destinations in more than 50 countries. American has
hubs in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami,
New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C. American is a
founding member of the oneworld® alliance, whose
members serve more than 1,000 destinations with about 14,250 daily
flights to over 150 countries. Shares of American Airlines Group
Inc. trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol AAL. In 2015, its
stock joined the S&P 500 index. Connect with American on
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